Radislav Krstic

Radislav Krstic (15 February 1948-) was the commander of the Drina Corps of the Republika Srpska during the Bosnian War.

Biography
Radislav Krstic was born in Vlasenica, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia in 1948. In 1972, he became an active duty officer of the Yugoslav People's Army, and he served in Sarajevo from 1972 to 1981 and joined the general staff of the Military Academy of Serbia. In 1986, he was reassigned to Pristina in SAP Kosovo, and he chose to return to Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1992 during the Breakup of Yugoslavia. In June 1992, he joined the military of the Republika Srpska, and he later rose to be Chief of Staff of the Drina Corps in August 1994. On 29 December 1944, he lost his right leg during a landmine explosion, but he returned to his post in May 1995, taking command of the Drina Corps. He was responsible for the Srebrenica massacre that year, and, in 2001, he was sentenced to 46 years in prison for war crimes, the first man convicted of genocide by the ICTY tribunal.